Chapter 71 Nightmare
"I really want to go down! The fox's skin is so beautiful! I really want to pick it up." He looked back at the cave, "Mother and godmother should be having breakfast, they won't know even if I go down and bring it up. Now I'm being controlled by my two mothers, how can I resolve this happy trouble? Should I go down or not? What if mother gets angry?" Yike scratched his hair, stood up irritably, turned around a few times, and finally made up his mind to walk towards the stairs.
"Where are you going, little sister? Can you take your brother with you?"
Yi Ke stretched out his hand to open the door, but the sudden sound scared him so much that he withdrew his hand immediately and his back suddenly became stiff. Where did this cheap brother come from? Why didn’t I notice him just now? This was really embarrassing. I tried to sneak away but was caught on the spot.
Yike turned around and looked at Du Jiankang who was leaning against the door. The sunlight shone on his still pale face, dyeing it a layer of blush.
Yike was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He secretly cursed himself for having seen handsome men before. Besides, Du Jiankang was just of average looks, not stunning. He was stunned by this. It could only be that there were no beauties in the mountains. No, there was only Ziyi, a stunning beauty in the mountains. His eyes were lonely and could not be moved away from the color. Yike's mind was in a state of confusion, but he remained expressionless.
"Brother, why don't you take a rest? How dare I take you on such an adventure? I just wanted to see if the door was closed."
"Mom was worried about you being here alone, so she asked me to come and keep you company." Du Jiankang thought, "Luckily I came, otherwise she would have really sneaked down. What about whether the door was closed? That was all fake. She lied with open eyes without blinking, and she didn't feel guilty at all."
"Godmother, what a jerk! I don't need anyone to accompany me." Yi Ke returned to the railing of the watchtower in a huff, looking at the fox lying in the bamboo forest, looking at the chickens that were eager to cause chaos, and watching them peck at the fox's fiery red fur with their sharp beaks. He couldn't help but wail in his heart: "My fox fur! How ugly it would be without a tuft of fur! No, I can't let them ruin it."
Yike suddenly turned around and ran past Du Jiankang like the wind. Before Du Jiankang could come to his senses, Yike ran out of the cave like the wind again.
"What are you doing? So hurried!" But he soon found out what Yi Ke was running around for, and couldn't help but laugh.
"I told you to peck! Get out of here!" Yi Ke took out a handful of stones from the cave and threw them at the chicken that was pecking at the fox's fur. The chicken that was hit screamed and ran away. Although the other chickens did not notice any danger, their instinct made them scatter as well. Yike brushed the dust off his hands and smiled proudly at Du Jiankang.
"I like that fox fur." Du Jiankang was amused by Yi Ke's childishness.
"Of course! Look at the color, it's as red as fire, how beautiful." After saying this, Yi Ke remembered the song from his previous life, "You are like a fire in the winter," and he hummed happily:
You are like a fire in winter, the blazing flames warm my heart.
Every time you sneak up beside me, the firelight illuminates me.
Your big eyes are bright and sparkling, like the brightest star in the sky.
You are like a fire, the blazing flame warms me.
You are like a fire, the blazing flames illuminate me.
Although I was happy, I didn't tell you, but I also knew that you really liked me.
You are like a fire, the blazing flame warms me.
You are like a fire, the blazing flames illuminate me.
You are like a fire, the blazing flames illuminate me
Time passed quietly as Yi Ke sang. The sun rose higher and higher, and the sunlight quietly climbed up to Yi Ke's head. Wanting to listen to the songs Yi Ke hummed, Yi Ke sang from "A Fire" to "The Shepherd" and hummed all the songs he liked to sing in his previous life.
Du Jiankang was originally standing in the tunnel, and as the singing began, he stood beside Yi Ke. He was shocked, "My sister's songs are so beautiful!" He had never heard of these songs before. Ziyi's family has a radio, and he used to listen to it whenever he had time. The songs on it were not as good as those sung by his sister.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck!" The chickens screamed as if they were in an uproar and ran away in all directions.
"What's going on?" Yike and Jiankang immediately stretched their heads to look towards the bamboo forest. This was a terrible sight, and Yi Ke immediately fell to the ground with his legs and hands going weak.
In the bamboo forest, there was a huge python with a waist as thick as a bucket. Its long body was placed on the ground with its front body erected. Its mouth was wide open and it bit a fleeing hen. The big hen was swallowed in the blink of an eye.
Yike vomited with a "vomit" sound, and his whole body began to shake uncontrollably. She felt difficulty breathing and even suffocated by the air. The feeling of being on the verge of death resurfaced in her mind.
Du Jiankang was startled, and quickly picked up Yi Ke from the ground and ran to the cave, shouting, "Mom, Uncle Hao and Auntie, come quickly! Something happened to my sister."
"Yike! What's wrong with Yike?" Yike's mother ran out from the vegetable garden, and godmother also ran out from the kitchen.
"I don't know!" Du Jiankang answered while holding Yike, "Mom, quickly open the door of Yike's room so I can put her on the bed." Du Jiankang had just recovered from an illness and was very weak. He was already out of breath from running while holding someone in his arms, and sweat was breaking out and dripping from his forehead.
"Okay! I'll hold it for you, and your uncle and aunt Hao go open the door." Du Qingcang's wife Wang Cuihua helped her son hold Yi Ke.
"Put it down gently! What happened? It was fine this morning, why is it like this?"
"Uncle Hao and Aunt Hao, I don't know either. At first she was singing happily, and then a giant python crawled out of the bamboo forest and swallowed a big hen. Then my sister became like this." Du Jiankang looked at Yi Ke worriedly.
"He was scared!" Du Qingcang's wife guessed.
"You're too scared, aren't you?" Zhang Yuling said as she helped put Yike on the bed, shouting, "Yike, Yike, don't be afraid! Mom is here, don't be afraid!"
Yike seemed not to have heard it. He was trembling all over, his face was pale, his hands were tightly clutching the clothes in front of his chest, and he looked like he couldn't breathe.
Zhang Yuling wanted to take Yike's hand away, but she couldn't. She shouted at Yike loudly, but Yike didn't respond. It's like they are not in the same world.
"What should I do? Haoran is not at home? Ziyi is not at home either? There is no one to make a decision?" Zhang Yuling was also at a loss.
"Mom, aunt, I'm going to find Uncle Hao and Ziyi." Du Jiankang said.
"Your health is not good, so let your mother go!" Du Qingcang's wife said as she saw her son still sweating.
"None of you should go. It's noon now. They set out early in the morning and should be almost here now. Even if they haven't arrived yet, they are on their way. What if you miss them on the way? What if you encounter a ferocious beast? What's more, there is a snake below. We can only wait now." Zhang Yuling's tears rolled down her cheeks, but she didn't dare to cry out loud.
"Yike, my daughter! What's wrong with you? Open your eyes and look at your mother. I am right beside you. I am with you. Don't be afraid!" Zhang Yuling held Yike's hand, fearing that Yike would hurt herself if she let go.
At this time, Yi Ke was trapped in a nightmare. She was running in the forest, with a huge python chasing her. This was her experience in her previous life.
At that time, she was fighting for a fruit guarded by a giant python. When the fruit was stolen by Yi Ke, the giant python became furious and swept and rolled its long tail, cutting the giant tree in half.
At that time, Yi Ke was at the peak of her martial arts skills. She drew her sword without batting an eyelid and fought with the python.
The python's scales were extremely hard. Yi Ke chopped at it several times with his sword, but not only did he fail to injure the python, his hands became numb and he could hardly hold the sword. Later, Yike still lost, a miserable defeat.
Her body was entangled by the python and she couldn't breathe. Before she passed out, all she saw was the bloody mouth of the python and the foul smell. Fortunately, she did not enter the python's mouth because she was rescued by her husband. The python was chopped into several sections by the angry husband, and its head was also chopped off. The fruit that caused the trouble was fed into Yi Ke's mouth by her husband.
Later, Yi Ke’s master said that it might be a spiritual fruit. If the python ate it, it might increase its intelligence, just like a child can become as smart as an adult.
I doubt whether it is really so magical. My master said that the mysteries of nature can never be fully explored, otherwise why would there be humans on Earth? Although Yi Ke ate a spiritual fruit, he did feel that he had become much smarter. At least the ability to remember everything he saw was acquired after eating the spiritual fruit. The pain all over his body that followed might have been left over from that battle. At that time, all the bones in her body seemed to be crushed, and it took more than a year for her condition to gradually improve. From then on, she could not see a python, as she would fall into an indestructible nightmare if she saw one. The doctor said it was a mental illness. Unexpectedly, seeing the python biting a hen in this life triggered her memories of her previous life.
When Yike fell into a nightmare, Du Qingcang was praising her. Ziyi was happily listening to everyone's praises when he suddenly felt a pain in his heart as if shot by an arrow. The pain was so severe that he couldn't hold the chopsticks in his hand anymore and they fell off the table with a "pop". He covered his chest with his hands but couldn't control the spreading pain.
Everyone looked at him in surprise and found that his face was as pale as if it was covered with flour, sweat kept coming out, and he covered his heart with one hand.
Li Haoran hurried over, took his hand and took his pulse. "What's wrong? Where do you feel uncomfortable? Why is your pulse beating so fast?" Li Haoran became even more nervous. This pulse was abnormal! "My heart hurts! It hurts so much! It hurts like a needle pricks my chest." Ziyi said.
"Heartache? You don't have any heart disease?" Li Haoran couldn't be sure what disease it was.
"It doesn't hurt now. But I feel suffocated! No, Dad, let's go back right away. I feel like something happened at home." Ziyi stood up and left without waiting for Li Haoran to answer, without even eating. He had a strong feeling in his heart that Yike needed him.
"Hey! Wait for us!" Li Haoran also walked out immediately, and said to Li Youcai and the others as he walked, "We're leaving first! You guys can take your time later."
So everyone looked at Ziyi, Li Haoran and Du Qingcang in a daze as they hurried away. They didn't know why they suddenly suspected that something had happened at home. Could they sense it?
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